the '86 and up doors are a major improvement.

alistait
On 6-Mar-11, at 11:22 AM, Don Hanson wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Jake de Villiers <
> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You need to hear more and newer Vanagon sliders!
>>
>> My '86 door makes hardly any noise at all.  Fluid Film on all
>> moving parts
>> and gliding surfaces and Ice Guard stuck on the inside of the track
>> cover to
>> keep it from being a soundboard.
>>
>> YMMV.
>>
>> O
>>
>
>
>  Fluid Film and Ice Guard....Oh...kay...Never heard of those things,
> but I
> shall now Google them and see it I could get some to help decrease
> the noise
> of my slider, too.
>
>  More and newer vanagon sliders...  I guess maybe I never noticed
> there
> WERE newer or older vanagons, and that the newer ones were not as
> noisy in
> the slider....I sort of think of Vanagons, once into the water
> cooled era,
> as all about the same..Oh, some have fancy square headlights (that
> everyone
> seems to change out) and some certainly have plenty of power
> options...but
> somehow the MY of what the Vanagon is doesn't really seem important
> to me,
> at least.
>
>   And as I said in my first post....I can be snoozing and hear a
> Vanagon
> slider close....distinct unique sound, usually takes some authority
> to get
> it shut, and many Door Closers on Vanagon seem to 'over-do' the job,
> to make
> sure or just because they aren't familiar with how it closes.
>
>  Don Hanson